Flemings Triangular Wisp
Chaotic in appearance,these tangled filaments of shocked, glowing gas are spread acrossplanet Earth’s sky toward the constellation of Cygnus as part of theVeil Nebula.The Veil Nebula itself is a largesupernova remnant, an expandingcloud born of the death explosion of a massive star.Light from the original supernova explosion likely reachedEarth over 5,000 years ago.
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